Hyperbole. 98% of sportswriters will be guilty of it at least once in their career. I know I have been and will, as one of my next statements may indicate, be guilty of it in the future. Why is this the case? I think it’s a subconscious desire for everything we do/cover/write about to be monumental, or important it some sense. It stems from the old theory that sportswriters really wish they w...